1940. First Edition. 292 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With illustrated frontispiece. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. A few liquid droplet marks. Spine is slightly sunned. Gilt is dulled and worn.